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Thanks a cool little gauge. I just ordered one! Along with one of these: http://swageit.com/

Well dog my cats, I think you right. I thought the processing included swaging. I guess I was wrong. Thanks for pointing that out!

Thanks guys. I actually did pay to have these swaged. I just wanted to make sure I'm not crazy. Hopefully they will make it right.

Hey guys, I have 1000 pieces of .223 brass that I'm having some trouble with. I ordered these through Diamond K brass. On the phone they said that all their brass is indeed swaged and that they recommend reaming all their swaged brass also. About 25% of the brass looks like this and it's...

I had considered that. I thought about adding a butterfly valve (or whatever HVAC people call them) so that I can regulate the airflow. Lots of heat in the winter, and shut it off in the summer.

I was wondering if anyone out there has some advice concerning converting a cold storage room into a walk in gun safe. My house is 1 year old. Under the front porch I have a cold storage room that is approximately 95 sq ft and encased completely in concrete. A local company says that they can...

On that same blog it goes into why Amerc did really well. Apparently some Amerc was made by Winchester. Eventually Amerc went out on their own and that's the Amerc that most people despise.

Check out this article: http://headstampfinebrass.blogspot.com/2011/10/which-brass-is-best-for-reloading-how.html

Good question. I tried seating some Zero 125gr HP's to 1.100" on my single stage and here's what I found. CBC brass produce about a .008" increase in OAL vs any other brand of brass. Since it has the thicker case walls it also made a much more pronounced "coke bottle" effect than the others...

Yup this is it. I tested a few cases today and with seating a bullet deep such as the MBC smallball, it springs the bullet back out and re-sizes it slightly. So I guess I will just turn all this CBC brass into plinking brass and not pick it up. Thanks.

I think I've reloaded CBC in .45 as well with no problems. I would have to check my reloading files to be sure. Yeah 1.050" is pretty low, but for that particular bullet to not hit the rifling of some 9mm barrels (i.e. XD, and CZ75), it needs to be that. Yeah it's the only one I have doing...

Hey guys. I just wanted to ask if anyone else has had major issues using CBC brass in 9mm? I setup my Dillon 650 last night to try a new load. I set it up to go with 1.050" OAL, 4.0gr of HP38, and a 124gr MBC smallball. After making my dummy rounds I threw in 100 pieces of CBC brass (I...

Yeah it will be going back to S&W after the holidays. Drail - It was pretty clear that this revolver hasn't been shot much (only the 30 rounds or so I've put in it) No drag line, no carbon on the cylinder face, etc.

I shoot thumbs high which leads to this on S&W cylinder release on big boomers. I'm not sure if it's a common thing or not, but it gets me after the hands get tired.

The powder is just burned powder from firing. I will give them a call and send it back. In case anyone is curious, I tried to get a better picture of the chambers.